With the withdrawal of Germany and USA, the men’s Synchronised Trampoline competition featured a field of nine pairs, eight of which qualified for the final. While preliminaries saw numerous pairs failing to complete their second routine, Great Britain’s Luke Strong and Nathan Bailey were left on the disappointing last rank.
Carlos Arturo Páez and Juan Carlos Valcárcel qualified to huge applause from their home crowd but the Colombian pair failed to find their rhythm in the final and finished at the bottom of the table. Russia’s Nikita Fedorenko/Dmitry Ushakov and Diogo Abreu/Tiago Lopes of Portugal, who were the only pairs to get through both preliminary routines fluently, qualified in the top two positions. And while Japan’s experienced Yasuhiro Ueyama/Takashi Sakamoto impressed with virtually perfect synchronisation in their first routine, they made mistakes in the second routine as well as in the final, and finished only fifth. China also surprised with a rare mistake during qualifications, but 2011 World Champions Dong and Tu redeemed themselves in the final, where they rediscovered their usual form and produced the most difficult routine of the day with high execution and synchronisation scores to clearly top the field. After a disappointing second routine, Denmark’s Peter Jensen and Christian Andersen outscored Portugal in the final to take the Bronze. Russia were the most consistent pair today with a fine overall performance to earn a deserved Silver.
Source/news: FIG
